Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Stat Attack

More Hardball took some time to check out the stats of the AL and NL for you and bring to light some things you might not have known.American League:*Josh Hamilton's average of .361 is 26 points higher than 2nd place Miguel Cabrera. Considering he won't be playing much over the final weeks of the season the batting title is pretty much in the bag for him.

*Jose Bautista has blasted 46 homeruns, 10 more than 2nd place Paul Konerko.

*Juan Pierre has always been pesky on the base paths and this year is no different has he has collected 55 stolen bases, 11 more than 2nd place Rajai Davis.

*Slow-footed Mark Teixeira leads the league in runs scored with 104.

*Daric Barton of the Oakland A's is the only player in the Majors with a triple digit walk total- 100 on the nose.

*The Tampa Bay Rays have 3 members of their lineup in the top 10 in strikeouts- BJ Upton 142, Carlos Pena 140, and Evan Longoria 120.

*Daniel Bard has been the best setup man with 29 holds.

National League:*Dexter Fowler leads the league in triple with 12, but only has 377 at bats.

*Jayson Werth's 44 doubles lead the league. His previous career best was 26.

*Michael Bourn has become quite the theft, swiping 50 bags, 17 more than anybody else in the league.

*Teammates Luke Gregerson (35) and Mike Adams (32) are by far the top two setup men in the NL.

*Roy Halladay has almost 20 more innings pitched than #2 Chris Carpenter.